Dictionary
- Money Markets
- The markets in which dealers trade riskless, short-term securities such as certificates of deposit and Treasury bills.
- Morning Star
- A bottom reversal pattern, according to Steve Nison a signal that the bulls have seized control.
- Moving Average
- A technical analysis term meaning the average price of a security over a specified time period. Used in order to spot pricing trends by flattening out large fluctuations.
- Moving Average Convergence/Divergence MACD
- The crossing of two exponentially smoothed moving averages that are plotted above and below a zero line. The crossover, movement through the zero line, and divergences generate buy and sell signals.
- Moving Average Crossovers
- The point where the various moving average lines intersect each other or the price line on a moving average price bar chart. Technicians use crossovers to signal price-based buy and sell opportunities.